[LAD] [OT] LinuxSampler and GPL - some clarifications

[Dennis Schulmeister]

> > Moreover, your goals sound odd for a lawyer without a client.  What free
> > software developers to you currently represent?
> 
> What does that matter? You mean someone should pay me for this?

I understand that you're doing this not for a certain client but for
free software developers and users in general. That's good.

The question about your location seems valid though. Because as you have
noticed most people who participated in that discussion share a somewhat
different opinion of what it means to distribute free software.
Especially if the software is an essential part of a hardware product.



Yours sincerely,
Dennis Schulmeister

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On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 00:57 +0100, Marek wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2008 12:51 AM, Forest Bond <forest at alittletooquiet.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:19:22AM +0100, Marek wrote:
> > > On Jan 28, 2008 12:07 AM, Forest Bond <forest at alittletooquiet.net> wrote:
> > > > The FSF's position is clearly stated here:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#DoesTheGPLAllowMoney
> >
> > > The FSF uses bad wording, see my other mail about this. They talk
> > > about charging for distribution of sw.
> >
> > True, but given that most commercial distributors do not deliver an invoice with
> > separate line items for software and distribution, the practical distinction
> > appears to be nil.
> 
> ?
> 
> > I suspect this is intentional, especially given the FSF's
> > repeated use "bad wording" that is consistent with this implication.
> 
> I'm sorry, I don't understand.
> 
> >
> > >> Have you ever applied the GPL to your own work?  What is your interest in
> > >> this?
> >
> > > No, and as a lawyer i seek to strenghten fair use and appropriate
> > > compensation for the use of GPLed software, whether in form of code or
> > > money, for the original copyright holders.
> >
> > You are interested in increasing both users' and developers' respective rights?
> > That sounds difficult.
> >
> > Moreover, your goals sound odd for a lawyer without a client.  What free
> > software developers to you currently represent?
> 
> What does that matter? You mean someone should pay me for this?
> 
> Marek
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